PS3 (Shenzhen Senze) controller

Paholainen

The official controller. Update script, there was no PS3 drivers installed only the Xpad, so I installed PS3, removed it, installed again. When I plug in the controller nothing happens, no lights. Unplug press "PS" all flashing rapidly for a while, then nothing. Now I can not remove the PS3 driver.

BuZz

What version does RetroPie-Setup say it is ?

Paholainen

Sorry forgot that :) 4.0.4

BuZz

What happens when you try to remove ? How long did you wait ?

Please can you ssh in (https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/ssh) and post the output from

sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh ps3controller remove

Paholainen

@BuZz Will do. stand by.
The screen pops up a bit in the lower end, says removing. I´ve waited for about 2 minutes. Will try waiting while I install the ssh

BuZz

I can reproduce that problem - looks like the service doesn't like stopping sometimes. I'm looking into it. If you reboot can you remove it ?

Paholainen

@BuZz Yes, worked now. I will do the ssh stuff now

Paholainen

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Removing 'ps3controller' : PS3 controller driver and pair via sixad
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

insserv: sixad: No such file or directory
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove sixad which isn't installed
Removed directory /opt/retropie/supplementary/ps3controller

BuZz

if you removed it - try reinstalling and when go to configure / and pair. I'm testing here. I don't have a fix for the remove freeze yet, but seems to happen only sometimes and a reboot helps. I think the initialisation scripts need redoing, but I was able to pair my ps3 controller last time I tried.

BuZz

That ssh command just removes it - which you already did :-)

Paholainen

@BuZz Reinstalled, went to pair. Plug in, no light (waited 20 sec) unplugged and pressed ps button, all lights flash and no pairing

BuZz

I will get back to you after some debugging.

BuZz

please can you reboot and ssh in and post the output of

/etc/init.d/sixad status

please use a code block to format - http://commonmark.org/help/ (three backticks above and below)

BuZz

also please remove / reboot / re-install it again , then reboot and run the above command.

Paholainen

@BuZz just saw your post. Will do it tomorrow morning.

Paholainen

Before re-install

 sixad.service - LSB: Start sixad
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/sixad)
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2016-10-19 20:17:03 UTC; 11h ago
  Process: 403 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/sixad start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   CGroup: /system.slice/sixad.service
           ├─ 442 sudo /usr/bin/sixad --start
           ├─ 496 /bin/bash /usr/bin/sixad --start
           ├─ 684 /usr/sbin/sixad-bin 0 0 0
           └─3839 sleep 5

Paholainen

After remove/reboot/installing (did not try to pair)

 sixad.service - LSB: Start sixad
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/sixad)
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2016-10-20 07:30:26 UTC; 1min 34s ago
  Process: 1830 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/sixad start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   CGroup: /system.slice/sixad.service
           ├─1837 /bin/bash /usr/bin/sixad --start
           ├─1885 /usr/sbin/sixad-bin 0 0 0
           └─2173 sleep 5

Paholainen

Tried to pair, no luck

BuZz

@Paholainen It's running correctly, so not sure why the official ps3 controller won't pair. Mine pairs fine. I just connect USB, disconnect and press button. I'm out of ideas, sorry.

Paholainen

@BuZz I even tried 3 different cables and on two separate Raspberries. When I plug it in nothing happens with the lights on the controller. I´ll just have to use my 2,4ghz dongle gamepad instead